As tensions between the United States and China continue to escalate, a new startup has emerged from stealth with millions raised and a plan to send intelligence-gathering pursuit satellites to orbit this year.
Colorado-based True Anomaly was founded last year by a trio of ex-Space Force members. The company’s set out to supply the Pentagon with defensive tech to protect American assets in space, and to conduct recon on enemy spacecraft. The startup has developed a technology stack that includes training software and “autonomous orbital pursuit vehicles” that will be able to collect video and other data on objects in space.
The company has already raised $30 million in funding to date, including a $17 million Series A led by Eclipse, with participation from Riot Ventures, Champion Hill Ventures, Space.VC and Narya; in addition, True Anomaly scored a direct-to-Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from Sp...
